LISBON, Portugal – A Portuguese court official says American fugitive George Wright won’t be extradited to the United States after decades on the run.
Portuguese police captured the 68-year-old Wright near the capital Lisbon last September, ending his more than 40 years on the lam after escaping from a New Jersey prison.
A Lisbon court refused a U.S. request to send Wright back to serve the rest of his 15- to 30-year sentence for a 1962 killing, saying the statute of limitations had expired.
Senior judge Luis Maria Vaz das Neves told The AP on Wednesday that the U.S. did not use its last chance of appeal to Portugal‘s constitutional Court.
He said, “this case is now closed.”
The U.S. Department of Justice had no immediate comment.
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